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Molar morphology and occlusion of the Early Jurassic mammaliaform Erythrotherium parringtoni

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Jäger, Kai R.K., Gill, Pamela G., Martin, Thomas, Corfe, Ian J. (2022): Molar morphology and occlusion of the Early Jurassic mammaliaform Erythrotherium parringtoni. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (4): 975-982, DOI: 10.4202/app.00998.2022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00998.2022

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